The quality or state of being inadequate or insufficient; defectiveness; insufficiency; inadequateness.
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To go up; to ascend.
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of Fail
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The quality or state of being weak; want of strength or firmness; lack of vigor; want of resolution or of moral strength; feebleness.
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Deficiency in amount or quality; a falling short; lack; as, a deficit in taxes, revenue, etc.
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Scantiness; smallness; thinness.
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The quality of being jejune; jejuneness.
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The condition or quality of being lean.
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Alt. of Meagreness
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The state or quality of being meager; leanness; scantiness; barrenness.
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The quality or state of being poor (in any of the senses of the adjective).
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Quality or condition of being scanty.
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The quality or condition of being scant; narrowness; smallness; insufficiency; scantiness.
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Alt. of Scarcity
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The quality or condition of being scarce; smallness of quantity in proportion to the wants or demands; deficiency; lack of plenty; short supply; penu…
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Amount or extent of deficiency, as determined by some requirement or standard; as, a shortage in money accounts.
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The state of being deficient; inadequacy; want; failure; imperfection; shortcoming; defect.
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The quality or state of being insufficient; want of sufficiency; deficiency; inadequateness; as, the insufficiency of provisions, of an excuse, etc.
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The state or quality of being adequate, proportionate, or sufficient; a sufficiency for a particular purpose; as, the adequacy of supply to the expen…
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The state or quality of being adequate, proportionate, or sufficient; a sufficiency for a particular purpose; as, the adequacy of supply to the expen…
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The quality or state of being sufficient, or adequate to the end proposed; adequacy.
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The quality or state of being sufficient, or adequate to the end proposed; adequacy.
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